AuthorFish Food
DifficultyBeginner

Tomatoes, cheese and dough. It’s like pizza, but elevated. A galette is a simple way to make a pie - simple folded over crust. Rustic and no-fuss.

Prep Time20 minsCook Time35 minsTotal Time55 mins

INGREDIENTS

 1 Pizza dough ball, thawed and at room temperature for about 30 minsThis also works very well with the gluten free pizza dough
 2 Tomatoes, slicedI find the Plum tomato easier to slice
 Olive Oil
 1 cup Mozzarella cheese, shredded
 Salt
 Black Pepper
 Basil, FreshYou can use dried basil or Italian seasoning

DIRECTIONS

1

Preheat oven to 425 deg.

2

Place the tomato slices on a few paper towels or napkins and add a little salt on top of each tomato slice.

Flip the tomato slices over and season the other side with a little salt.

Place a couple more paper towels on top to drain juices.

3

Roll or stretch your pizza dough on a piece of parchment paper. Transfer to your baking sheet.

4

Brush the dough crust with olive oil.

Sprinkle with shredded mozzarella cheese in the center of the dough crust leaving about a 2 inch border.

5

Layer the tomato slices over the cheese and season with black pepper.

6

Gently fold and pleat the dough over the tomatoes. The more rustic the better!
Brush the edges of the folded crust with a bit of olive oil,

7

Place in the oven and bake for 30 - 35 minutes, or until the crust is golden brown.

8

Remove from the oven and top with fresh basil leaves.

Ingredients

 1 Pizza dough ball, thawed and at room temperature for about 30 minsThis also works very well with the gluten free pizza dough
 2 Tomatoes, slicedI find the Plum tomato easier to slice
 Olive Oil
 1 cup Mozzarella cheese, shredded
 Salt
 Black Pepper
 Basil, FreshYou can use dried basil or Italian seasoning
Tomato and Basil Galette